It has been nearly 100 years since Marks and Spencer made its very first appearance on Glasgow's high streets, kick-starting the beginning of one of the country's most popular retailers.
In 1919, M&S opened its store 28 Argyle Street - a modest unit where they offered customers haberdashery and other household items as well as small treats like illustrated children's books.
The story of the iconic retail brand began back in 1884 when Michael Marks opened his very first market stall in Leeds and by 1894, he had teamed up with Thomas Spencer to create penny bazaars known as Marks and Spencer.
They soon expanded, moving into shops rather than markets and expanding into more towns.
In 1916, Michael Marks' son Simon became the chairman of M&S and led the company for almost 50 years - including through two world wars.
Although M&S were unable to expand at a faster rate due to the outbreak of the First World War Simon was keen to see shops opening in Scotland.
In Autumn 1918, the very first Scottish store opening in Dundee - with the Glasgow branch following just a few months later.
Glasgow's Argyle Street store was the scene of the company's very earliest local marketing promotion in 1925. It advertised a popular brand of toffees called Blue Boy and featured a costumed page boy outside the shop, encouraged customers to come in and buy the product.
At the beginning of the decade, the firm relocated its Glasgow store to a new location on 18-26 Argyle Street - offering far more space.
One year later in 1931, the very first Paisley unit opened at 15 High Street on November 20 - the third in Scotland and others quickly followed in Ayr and Kilmarnock.
Glasgow's second M&S shop launched on November 29, 1935 in Sauchiehall Street and offered a cafe within the store - the very first Scottish branch to do so.
At the time, the management teams in Glasgow were almost entirely male - but with the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, this would soon change.
When the war hit, the Marks and Spencer stores in Glasgow became a common industrial target, being hit by 11 bombing raids over the following six years.
The Argyle Street branch was a key player in supporting the war effort and community spirit by organising events to entertain the wounded that included games, dancing and music.
Meanwhile, the Sauchiehall Street was home to several of the most decorated M&S workers to fight in the war.
These included Flight Lieutenant Robert James Greenfield, who was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Flying Medal; Sergeant Observer Robert James Alexander, awarded an MBE; and Flight Lieutenant Patrick G Kirkaldy, who was awarded a Certificate of Merit.
Pat Kirkaldy returned to the Sauchiehall Street after the war and worked there until his retirement in 1968.
With many male employees serving in the armed forces, female employees began to take on far responsibilities for management and wartime duties and most Scottish M&S stores became female-only.
Fast-forward to 1966 and the Glasgow Argyle Street store moved yet again, reopening on 8 June, at its current location to this day at 2-12 Argyle Street.
Two years later, a new branch opened in Hamilton on Regent Way, where it was the tallest building in the shopping precinct.
East Kilbride received its M&S store on July 5 1973 at Righead Gate - marking the retailer's 15th shop in Scotland. Over 100 customers were waiting for the doors to open for the first time, with some there since 6:30am.
1989 saw M&S marked an unusual achievement - it became the largest single retailer of haggis in the world. To celebrate, they offered haggis tastings at various stores, including musical accompaniment from a piper at the Sauchiehall Street premises.
The very first neighbourhood food store launched in Newton Mearns in 1991 - a forerunner to the Simply Food and Foodhall stores of today.
The shop was opened by local schoolboy Gordon McQueen, from Newton Mearns Primary School, who arrived in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce to cut the ribbon with the local provost. As it was also Gordon’s 11th birthday, store staff presented him with a birthday cake.
To mark the milestone 100 years since the first Marks and Spencer store opened in Glasgow, the M&S taste trail will be arriving in Glasgow later this month.
The trail, which kicked off in September in Dundee, has visited Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen and will make its final stop in Glasgow.
Kirsty Warwick, Store Manager at M&S Glasgow Argyle Street, said: "We can’t wait to welcome the Centenary Taste Trail to Glasgow.
"It’s such a great way for both our colleagues and customers to come together and celebrate 100 years of M&S in Glasgow."
